In fear of having their homes put in danger by a natural gas explosion, some Titusville residents are protesting a proposal to build a natural gas plant.

Luana Hinton said a proposed liquid natural gas plant could wipe out neighborhoods.

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"My concern is the devastation it could cause for our community," Hinton said.

She and about a dozen other residents are trying to head off plans to build a plant that would be part of a logistics and trucking facility at the south end of town near U.S. Highway 1.

Oak Point retirement community is the closest neighborhood.

"How will we get out? How will they get the people in wheelchairs out? The people on oxygen," resident Carolyn Sonnamaker said.

Sonnamaker points out that similar plants have had huge explosions in the recent past. The Titusville plant would produce 3.5 million gallons of liquefied gas a week. It would likely employ 15 people, officials said.

"That's what we're about, is trying to show the world that we're open for business, and we'll consider anyone that wants to do business in Titusville," Titusville Mayor Jim Tulley said.

Tulley has been an advocate of the plant, but on Tuesday he said he is keeping an open mind, ready to make a decision based on what he hears at Tuesday night's meeting. The plant's advocates said it could be run safely.